The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-05-05

PAsroR 1NsTaLLED-Rev. Robert van
Deventer was formally installed pastor of
the Baptist chuach in Henderson last Stn-
day morning. The exercises were of a very
impressive and interesting nature, and were
listened to by a large congregation. The
charge to the pastor was delivered by keY.
G. j. Taylor of Warrenton, and that to the
congregation by Rev. J. S. Hardaway of
Oxford. Mr.. Thos NJ. Pittman on behalf
of the church welcomed the new pastor
pledging its hearty cO-opertion and support,
to which Mr. Van Deventer appropriately
responded. Timely and well put were the
remarks of all and we rejoiced thatit was
our pleasure to witness such an occasion as
the installation of new pastor of this the
only'church in our town that was without
one at the time. Our Baptist friends are
! to he congratulated upon their good fortune
! in securing the services of such a man as
Mr.. Van Deventer. lie is strong man,
both as preacher and pastor, and we may
| confidently expect good results as the fruit
of his ministration in our midst.
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| Ask to be shown the 8, / and cent lawns
at ELkAN's.
! Town ELECrIoN.-The election Monday
| passed off quietly, although it was warm
and exciting contest on both sides. There
were two tickets in the field one backed by
, the knights of Labor and Republicans, and
the other by Democrats, though the cam
vass was made on personal rather than
party issues, the tickets being mixed and
! the whites all Democrats. The first ticket
was For Mayor, T. W. Goodrich for
| Commissioners, W. w. Young, A. NJ. Jor-
| dan, E. A. Watkins, Alex Satterwhite, S.
P. Cook. The two last named colored
The other was For Mayor, Owen Davis;
for Commissioners, R. L. Daingerfeld, Il.
! Perry, A. 3. Persse, Ed. Saunders, Allen
Perry. Two last named colOred.
| Davis Was elected Mayor by SO ma jority,
receiving 81 of the 553 votes cast. An en-
tire white Board of Commissioners was
elected. They are +. Perry, R. L. Dam
gerfeld. A, B. Persse, w. w. Young, E.
A. Watkins. The new officers will for
mally assume control of the governmental
affairs of the town next Monday. That
Mayor Davis and the new Board of Com
. missioners will discharge their duties in ii
manner to reflect credit upon themselves
and rebound to the welfare of the town,
the GOLD LEAF entertains no doubt.
Eloped. Another pretty girl has gone
| with beautiful dress pattern from our
Spring STOCK. T.. u. Davis.
THE CONCERT TUESDAY NIGHT.-The
concert of the Henderson Musical Associa-
ton at Burwell Hall Tuesday evening,
was the best to which our music-loving cit
liens have yet been treated by home tai
ent. An attractive programme had been
arranged and it was most admirably car
ried out in every particular. The chill
| dren's chorus was marked feature and
| the precision with which they did their
| work was almost marvellous when we con-
slider the short time Mr.. Prichard has had
them in training. Toaccomplish such salts
factory results from such crude material
in so short time, stamps him genius as
painstaking and proficient musical di-
| rector.
Of the performance Tuesday night it is
difficult to speak in terms of praise such as
! it really merits. Suffice to say all did
! we'll and there was not mean feature
about the entire programme. The choruses
were exceedingly we'll done, the children s
chorus of 60 voices being perhaps the most
noteworthy feature of the evenings enter
tainment The vocal solos of Miss Hester
and Mr.. Smith were much admired, and
the audience would not be satisfied until
both had responded to an encore. The
piano solo of Miss Smoot was rendered
with artistic grace and sweetness, and a
second time she had to make her appear
ance in response to the warm and hearty
applause elected by her first selection
The vocal duet by Misses Smoot and Cog
hill and Drs. F. r. Harris and F. S. Har-
rs, together with the combined chOruses
was we'll done, as was the piano duet by
Misses Buchan and Coghill. Perhaps the
most enjoyable part of the performance
was the quartette, Call John,' by Mis-:
Hester, Mrs. F. R. Harris, and Drs. F. r
Harris and +. S. Harris; while the voca
duet by Miss Smoot and Mr.. Wyche; thu
quartette by Misses Buchan, Stallings
Coghill, and Mr.. Smith; and the quartett
by Misses Mamie Coghill, Pearl Arnold
Mamie Belle Edwards and Louise Bum
and childrens chorus, were all rendered
in charming style.
5 The audience was the largest and mos
. / cultivated and refined we have seen assem-
: bled on any occasion of this kind, and TIL
frequent and hearty applause with whicl
the players were greeted bespoke the rar
satisfaction and pleasure afforded.
A very pleasant feature of the evening
not down on the programme, was the gif
of handsome silver tea pot to Mr.. Geo.
Prichard, by the members of the Associa
ton, as mark of esteem and good will
and in recognition of their high apprecia
ton of his services as Director. Rev. Ale
Sprunt presented the gift in few wei
, chosen and appropriate remarks taking ot
: casion to refer to Mr. Prichard's work an
: the happy results that have and will com
! from it, Richly entitled to all praise
= Mr.. Prichard for what he has done for tn
t cause of music in our midst. In anOthe
0 column gentleman of culture who is EN-
inently qualified to speak of these thing;
has written we'll on the subject and "
will not say more now.